John Luke HERBERT^[1]

1826 - 1886  (60 years)

• Name	John Luke HERBERT
  Birth	11 Mar 1826	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  CWSV	Aug 1861  [3]
  	John's name appears on the August 1861 muster roll of Company C, Sixteenth Virginia Regiment of the Confederate States of America. The company had been formed at Portsmouth on 20 April 1861. John was wounded on 1 July 1862 at the Battle of Malvern Hill. He was discharged following the battle, but then enlisted in the Engineer Corps.
  Occupation	1850 - 1870  [4, 5, 6]
  	The 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses note that John made his living working as a retail grocer.
  Death	15 Dec 1886	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  	John took his own life on 15 December 1886. He was 60 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA   [7]
  	His body was interred in the W.V.H. Williams family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I52712	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Peter HERBERT,   b. 09 Sep 1769   d. 6 Dec 1829, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Granberry LUKE,   b. 3 Jan 1790   d. 29 May 1862 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	30 Apr 1816  [8]
  Family ID	F3161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4837] John L. Herbert, Portsmouth City, VA death (1886). [S1287] John Luke Herbert inscription on W.V.H. Williams family plot monument, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, VA. [S1600] John W. H. Porter, Porter, History of Norfolk County, Virginia, 1861 - 1865, ((1892, Rpt. n.p.: Edwards Brothers, Inc., May 1996)), pp. 126-131. [S1679] 1870 US Census / Williams, John. [S1682] 1850 US Census / Herbert, Elizabeth. [S1683] 1860 US Census / Herbert, Eliz G. [S5362] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained August 2005. [S54] Col. William H. Stewart, edited & compiled by, Stewart, History of Norfolk County, Virginia and Representative Citizens 1637-1900, ((Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co, 1902)). p. 984.